Homemade Cakes thread

craftgirl1960

Becs they are gorgeous! I love the cases x

Ami82

Yes, so pretty!

flea72

hampshirebabe wrote: »

Hi, has anyone ever made an icing that can be piped onto cupcakes, like buttercream, but without any dairy? I've tried buttercream made with dairy free spread, but just splits and looks horrible.

i made some once, that was soya based - so soya marg and soy yogurt with icing sugar. although it looked ok, i didnt particularly like the taste, perhaps it was due to the yogurt? but it was a few years ago, so perhaps the current dairy-free products taste better anyway

although having googled, some people suggest using flavoured yogurt to give it a lift

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nanto3girls

becs wrote: »

I made these cupcakes whilst having a play around yesterday. A friend was thinking of doing them as wedding favours. I made the wrappers as well.


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Very pretty.

newmrslockwood

bindiboo

Ive had a baking frenzy this evening.

Ive made some cookie monster cup cakes



some Valentines cupcakes



and some valentines shortbread



now time for a cuppa

wammy77

bindiboo wrote: »

Ive had a baking frenzy this evening.

Ive made some cookie monster cup cakes



some Valentines cupcakes



and some valentines shortbread



now time for a cuppa

They look great

RebekahR

Never iced a cake in me life! Where do I begin?

bindiboo

RebekahR wrote: »

Never iced a cake in me life! Where do I begin?

check out you tube for guides and lessons in the basics.

wen-tom

HI Ladies :wave:

hope you don't mind me dropping in.

I have been asked to help my SIL with decorating her wedding cake. They need to cut costs and so are going to buy shop made plain cakes but would like to turn them into a wedding cake. At the moment we are not sure if they will have them stacked or on a swan stand.

My questions are:

Where do we start :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I am not stupid and can probably make a rose from sugarpaste but thats my limit.

Any one have any tips and/or suggestions for me. I am looking into a short course in my area but struggling to find any that aren't full year courses which i just cannot afford (money or time wise)

If we go with stacked, do we have to support the cakes above? The bottom will be fruit as far as i know. the others sponge. I dont want them to sink!

They luckily want a fairly simple cake. if stacked, prob a flower coursage (spelling?) down 1 side and if on seperate stands, flowers on each cake...

How do you attach flowers? Can you use real flowers without staining or it tasting of flowers on the cake YUK!

Thanks for any help...if any of you fab ladies have any pics of anything that will help me i would appreciate it.